Kicking off a new twelve-issue run of mysteries, The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries reunites Mystery, Inc. with the Dynamic Duo in the long-abandoned ghost town of Miner’s Infraction which has earned their interest for recent odd occurrences which trace back to Ubu and the henchman’s master Ra’s al Ghul.
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Wayback Wednesday takes us back 42 years to 1980 and the first appearance of the Electrocutioner. Batman #331 offers two tales for the Dark Knight Detective. In the first, Batman hunts down a self-appointed executioner targeting criminals who have gotten away with crimes and imposing vengeance by frying them with his electric suit. The plot also includes tension between Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson over Dick’s decision to leave college (when not investigating the gang involvement of Lucius Fox‘s son) and Bruce’s relationship with Talia who returns at the end of the issue.
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Spinning out of the radio drama of the same name, the first issue of the new seven-issue mini-series finds Batman on the hunt for those responsible for the Black Market Massacre and searching the city for an ancient artifact. As someone who never watched the HBO Max show, I can only assume that the comic may feel a bit more substantial to those already exposed to this version of Batman.
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Magic offers a homecoming of sorts as characters are drawn to the abandoned Wayne Manor, not only Batman but an apparently very much alive Alfred Pennyworth. The setup of the oversized issue pitting an out-of-control Damian against his father (and perhaps also his mother) with the help of mystical benefactors (or puppet-masters?), allows for the return of Alfred who, although it takes much of the issue, Bruce Wayne comes to realize is quite real.
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Both as Bruce Wayne and Batman, our protagonist searches for answers as to what is happening to his city including visits to a cured Harvey Dent who has nothing of note to add and an expert in music who provides some insight and warning into the music box that is now in the Dark Knight Detective’s hands. Pleased to find Harvey isn’t involved in the growing darkness, at least not yet, Batman has to continue to seek answers elsewhere.
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